Working memory related to different subtasks can be maintained in separate, non-interfering stores
| buir.advisor | Farooqui, Ausaf Ahmed | |
| buir.supervisor | ||
| dc.contributor.author | Rezaei, Aida | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-19T13:23:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-08-19T13:23:04Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2024-07 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-07 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2024-08-12 | |
| dc.description | Cataloged from PDF version of article. | |
| dc.description | Thesis (Master's): Bilkent University, Department of Neuroscience, İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, 2024. | |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-79). | |
| dc.description.abstract | How can WM maintain more information when its capacity is only around 4 items? Here, we explore the possibility that information related to separate subtasks do not count towards this limit, perhaps, because they are maintained in non-interfering stores. Across the two experiments, we investigated if increasing the WM load related to one subtask interfered with the execution of a concurrent but distinct second subtask. In Experiment 1, participants first saw pictures that were to be kept in mind and used for a later subtask B. They then executed subtask A, while keeping in mind these subtask B pictures. Although subtasks A and B involved maintaining and updating identical sets of pictures, increasing the number of subtask B pictures did not interfere with subtask A execution, which was only affected when the number of pictures relevant to it was increased, suggesting that subtask A and B pictures were maintained in separate non-interfering stores. An objection might be that in Experiment 1, subtask B pictures were passively and not goal-directedly maintained. In Experiment 2, participants executed a more complex subtask that forced participants to maintain and update two separate sets of subtask B pictures while executing subtask A and subtask A also involved WM maintenance and updating of identical pictures. We found that even here increased load of subtask B pictures did not affect subtask A performance. Thus, at least in some multitasking situations, information related to distinct subtasks can be maintained in separate non-interfering stores. | |
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| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Aida Rezaei | |
| dc.format.extent | xiii, 79 leaves : color illustrations, 30 cm. | |
| dc.identifier.itemid | B162590 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11693/115754 | |
| dc.language.iso | English | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.subject | Working memory | |
| dc.subject | Working memory capacity | |
| dc.subject | Multitasking | |
| dc.subject | Subtask independence | |
| dc.subject | Task interference | |
| dc.title | Working memory related to different subtasks can be maintained in separate, non-interfering stores | |
| dc.title.alternative | Farklı alt go revlerle ilişkili çalışma belleg i ayrı, mu dahale etmeyen depolarda korunabilir | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Neuroscience | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Bilkent University | |
| thesis.degree.level | Master's | |
| thesis.degree.name | MS (Master of Science) |